老美写的幽默生物劝退贴# Biology - 生物学
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http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_i
下面这段话写得很犀利。
“But a Ph.D. doesn’t just train you to crystallize proteins or debug code,
” I hear you saying. “It trains you to think.” That’s true, or partly
true, which is good because it’s just the sort of thing people tell
themselves to rationalize having wasted 7 years obtaining a Ph.D. If you
believe that learning to think is the main thing you spent those 7 years
doing, you’re blocking out some insidious memories—of repeated attempts to
crystallize proteins, debugging code, washing glassware, or detailing your
PI’s Audi—for insane hours and low pay. Some of that work trained you to
think like a scientist, but some of it just exploited your abundant time and
naiveté.
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_i
下面这段话写得很犀利。
“But a Ph.D. doesn’t just train you to crystallize proteins or debug code,
” I hear you saying. “It trains you to think.” That’s true, or partly
true, which is good because it’s just the sort of thing people tell
themselves to rationalize having wasted 7 years obtaining a Ph.D. If you
believe that learning to think is the main thing you spent those 7 years
doing, you’re blocking out some insidious memories—of repeated attempts to
crystallize proteins, debugging code, washing glassware, or detailing your
PI’s Audi—for insane hours and low pay. Some of that work trained you to
think like a scientist, but some of it just exploited your abundant time and
naiveté.
